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, No. 274,340. Patented Mar.20,1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT SIMON E. KELLY, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JULES PELLETIER, OF SAME PLACE. I

FOLDING KITE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,340, dated March 20, 1883.

Application filed July 22, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, SIMON E. KELLY, a resident of New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement'in Folding Kites and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and correct description of the same, reference being bad to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification.

This invention consists, first, in a folding frame composed of a series of ribs pivoted or otherwise connected to a central hub, in combination with a locking-plate for holding the said ribs in expanded or outstretched positions,as willbehereinaftermore full y described.

It further consists in the combination, with a folding frame composed of the ribs, hub, and

locking-plate aforesaid, of a flexible covering adapted to open or close therewith, as is hereinafter described. 7

Figure 1 is a front view of my kite-frame as when opened and ready to receive its covering. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side view of a portion of the frame as when closed. Fig. 3 is a detail showing a plan of the locking-plate, hub, and parts of the ribs. Fig. i is a crossseetion showing the manner in which the hub and locking-plate are secured together, as well as the means for holding the ribs in extended positions.

The letter A designates the hub or central plate, to which the ribs 13 are pivoted. The periphery of this plate or hub is provided with notches c for the reception of the inner ends of the said ribs, and with a'groove, f, for receiving a wire, 26, which passes through perforations made in the inner ends of the said ribs, and serves to hold the same in proper positions by tightening the said wire and twisting the ends thereof, as shown at s in Fig. 3.

The hub A is provided with a central hole, in which is fitted apimp, whereby it is secured within the centerof aflanged disk or looking-plate, L,which is likewise provided with a central hole to receive the end of the pin 19 and permit of the riveting or fastening ot' the same in such manner that either or both of the aforesaid parts may revolve thereon.

The flange of the locking-plate is provided with a series of notches or L-shaped cuts, i,

corresponding in number with the ribs and notches in the hub. The slots i are cut into the flange from the edge thereof, and have their angleportions out in the same direction, so that the ribs, when dropped into the slots, may be securely held by turning either the hub or locking-plate until the said ribs shall have reached the ends of the angle portions of the cuts.

The outer ends of the ribs are perforated to permit of the passage through the same of a cord or string, :10, whereby the said ends are connected and the outer configuration of the kite established.

A perforation, 0, is made through the head of the pin 19, to provide means for securing the center or lower part of the bridle, the outer or upper ends of which are secured to the ends of the upper ribs in the usual way.

The covering may be of paper or other suitable material. It is secured to the frame, on the flanged side of the locking-plate, by having its outer edges to overlap the string surrounding the same, and by gumming or pasting the folded edges'to the main body of the covering.

A hole can be made in the center of the covering, through which the head of the pinp can project; or that portion of the pin can be made flat, or nearly so, and the material made to cover the same, as it does the other parts.

The hub and locking-plate can be made of any hard material and of any size or configuration, according to the size and style of kite, and, if desired, it can be perforated, as at a, so as to lighten the same.

The ribs are preferably made of drawn wire, with each endjtlattened and perforated, a single hole being made in the end which fits in the hub, and with two holes in their outer ends, so that the surrounding string may be run through one hole, thence half-way around the rib, and through the second hole therein. It is not deemed necessary to show this arrangement in the drawings, as no'clairn islaid to the same. By turning the locking-plate until the vertical parts of its notches are in line with the ribs will unlock the said ribs and permit of their being folded together for transportation, or to be laid aside until needed.

Havingdescribed myinvention, what I claim ICO L, having notched sides, as described, and the l and for'the purpose set forth.

pin 19 for fastening the hub and locking-plate together, substantially as described.

3. In a folding kite, the locking-plate L, pro- 15 vided with notches i, the hub A, with pivoted ribs B, string w,'an d the pin 19, in combination with the covering, substantially as described,

s. E. KELLY. 1

Attest N. B. FUST, A. DEMAREST, Jr. 

